Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age /
Crouch, Tom D.
Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age / Tom D. Crouch. - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2003. - ix, 725 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-690) and index.
This book tells the history of the birth and development of human flight - the technology that defined the 20th century. Tom Crouch weaves the people, machines and ideas of the air age into a narrative and shows how this extraordinary dream was realized.
9780393057676
Aeronautics--History.
Space technology
629.13009 CRO
Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age / Tom D. Crouch. - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 2003. - ix, 725 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-690) and index.
This book tells the history of the birth and development of human flight - the technology that defined the 20th century. Tom Crouch weaves the people, machines and ideas of the air age into a narrative and shows how this extraordinary dream was realized.
9780393057676
Aeronautics--History.
Space technology
629.13009 CRO